Analyst Projections in Review for Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS)

Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) currently has an Average Broker Rating of 1.47. The ABR rank within the industry stands at 73. This number is based on the 15 sell-side firms polled by Zacks.

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Analysts on a consensus basis are expecting that the stock will reach $41.53 within the year.

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Most recently Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) posted quarterly earnings of $0.6 which compared to the sell-side estimates of 0.6. The stock’s 12-month trailing earnings per share stands at $1.75. Shares have moved $2.5 over the past month and more recently, $1.03 over the past week heading into the earnings announcement. There are 10 analyst projections that were taken into consideration from respected brokerage firms.

Research analysts are predicting that Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) will report earnings of $0.53 per share when the firm issues their next quarterly report. This is the consensus earnings per share number according to data from Zack’s Research.

Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) closed the last session at $37.38 and sees an average of 1933874.63 shares trade hands in each session. The 52-week low of the stock stands at $29.43 while the current level stands at 81.87% of the 52-week High-Low range. Looking further out we can see that the stock has moved -3.71% over the past 12 weeks and 18.22% year to date.

12 analysts rate Masco Corporation a Buy or Strong Buy, which is 80% of all the analyst ratings.